Train smashes into home in Sweden after cleaning lady allegedly stole it for joy ride

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A cleaner stole an empty commuter train from a depot Tuesday and drove it to a suburb of Stockholm where it derailed and slammed into an apartment building, officials said.

The woman was seriously injured in the early-morning crash and was flown to a Stockholm hospital, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. No one else was injured.

Bystrom said the woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering the public.

Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for train operator Arriva, said the woman, born in 1990, stole the four-car train at a depot outside Stockholm.

She then drove it about a mile to the end station on the railway line, where it jumped off the tracks, careered for about 30 yards and crashed into a three-story building.

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[Warren DeMontague]

1. Now I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head all day.

[Angry Dragon]

2. The Sweden Train Robbery

[malthaussen]

3. Cleaning woman?

[liberal N proud]

4. You not thinking things through when you steal a train

Where is it going to go? Down the track, it's not like the authorities don't know where that track goes.

[valerief]

5. Strange they call it "train of thought" then.

[MADem]

6. Good grief, the Swedes are certainly careful...

Bystrom said the woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering the public.

They suspect it, they're not quite sure....????